I want to make a dashing script that When you Press WW, or AA, or DD for example the movement keys twice you’d dash in those directions. Dont have an animation yt I just went them to move for now. Any help appreciated.
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Userinputservice or context action service is what u can use
Yea I know about that stuff. I just dont know How I’d actually get the player to move.
You can get the player to move by instancing a “BodyVelocity” into their character. I most people put it in the HumanoidRootPart. Then changing the MaxForce and Velocity. The direction is done by the Velocity, which you will need to calculate.
Yup im trying that tell me if you think its going good so far, what should I change.
Also how would I have it respond to me pressing W twice, and not just once.
local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local Character = Player.Character or Player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local UIP = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local Debounce = false
UIP.InputBegan:Connect(function(Input, IsTyping)
if IsTyping then return end
if Input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.w then
if not Debounce then Debounce = true
wait(1)
Debounce = false
else
Character.HumanoidRootPart.Velocity = Character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame.LookVector * 50
end
end
end)
In order to get them to move, I’d highly recommend using BodyPosition. Compute the position where you want the player to go by multiplying the HumanoidRootPart’s CFrame X or Z component for either a forward/backward or sideward dash, respectively.
I used to use BodyVelocity and experimented with other BodyMovers, but BodyVelocity will make the dash longer if the player is in mid-air because of friction. With BodyPosition, you get more consistent results, regardless of if the player is in motion/mid-air/grounded.
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I’m fairly new to scripting so what you described above is a bit complicated for me, Mind helping me out with that?
You could use tick() to respond to pressing W twice.
Example:
- One tick() as a variable outside the function
local var = tick() - Another one checking like this
Input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.w and tick() - var < 0.175I find 0.175 somewhat of a good intermission.
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Use a value that is set to true upon clicking and then after 1 second set it to false if the variable is true when clicking then the plsyer had already clicked the button before and by that you can detect double click. Then just make it’s walk speed higher and then set it back to normal or make a function that moves the player to a certain direction in relation to the characters heading and then call the function upon double click
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Nothing happens, I dont get it lol. according to what I searched online Tick() checks time in second between it and something?
05/23/22: I’ve been getting a number of questions regarding the dashing script, and I’ve made an up-to-date tutorial here:
(it has better code practices and uses non-deprecated lua functions)
Of course. It’s what the DevForum is here for.
Let’s say that you want the player to dash 20 units away from them.
local Dash_Normal = 20 -- set the default range for better control if you want to change it later on
local Dash_Timeout = 0.15 -- how long will it wait in-between taps; think of this as tap speed
local Can_Dash = false -- can the player dash immediately? no.
Your current debounce system is fine, however I would put the wait() function in a coroutine so the entire script doesn’t yield.
local UIS = game:GetService('UserInputService')
UIS.InputBegan:Connect(function(input,istyping)
if istyping then return end
if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.W then
if Can_Dash == true then
-- do the dash hokey-pokey
else
Can_Dash = true
coroutine.wrap(function()
wait(Dash_Timeout)
Can_Dash = false
end)()
end
end
end)
Now we have our basic input detection established. Usually people will put the entire dash function inside of the InputBegan() function, but as your scripts grow more and more complex, it would be easier to call a function that does everything for you.
function DashForward(root)
local i = Instance.new('BodyPosition')
i.MaxForce = Vector3.new(1000000,0,1000000) -- y-component is 0 because we don't want them to fly
i.P = 100000
i.D = 2000
i.Position = (root.CFrame*CFrame.new(0,0,-Dash_Normal)).Position --get 20 units in front of the player
i.Parent = root
coroutine.wrap(function()
wait(.2) --however long you want the dash to last
i:Destroy() -- remove the BodyMover (important!!)
end)
end
Now that we have a way of moving our character, let’s tie it all together with some sticks and glue.
local UIS = game:GetService('UserInputService')
local Player = game:GetService('Players').LocalPlayer
local Character = Player.Character or Player.CharacterAdded:wait()
local Root = Character:WaitForChild('HumanoidRootPart')
local Dash_Normal = 20 -- set the default range for better control if you want to change it later on
local Dash_Timeout = 0.15 -- how long will it wait in-between taps; think of this as tap speed
local Can_Dash = false -- can the player dash immediately? no.
function DashForward(root)
local i = Instance.new('BodyPosition')
i.MaxForce = Vector3.new(1000000,0,1000000) -- y-component is 0 because we don't want them to fly
i.P = 100000
i.D = 2000
i.Position = (root.CFrame*CFrame.new(0,0,-Dash_Normal)).Position --get 20 units in front of the player
i.Parent = root
coroutine.wrap(function()
wait(.2) --however long you want the dash to last
i:Destroy() -- remove the BodyMover (important!!)
end)()
end
UIS.InputBegan:Connect(function(input,istyping)
if istyping then return end
if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.W then
if Can_Dash == true then
Can_Dash = false
DashForward(Root)
else
Can_Dash = true
coroutine.wrap(function()
wait(Dash_Timeout)
Can_Dash = false
end)()
end
end
end)
Hope this helped
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Oh wow thats incredible. I’ll work on understanding it later, I greatly appreciate your help :)!
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I followed that tutorial and got this
local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local Character = Player.Character or Player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local UIP = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local LastTime = tick()
local Debounce = false
UIP.InputBegan:Connect(function(Input, IsTyping)
if IsTyping then return end
if Input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.W then
local now = tick()
local difference = (now - LastTime)
if difference <= 1 then
if not Debounce then Debounce = true
wait(1)
Debounce = false
else
Character.HumanoidRootPart.Velocity = Character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame.LookVector * 200
end
end
end
end)
no errors, bt still not working. This is in a local script btw.
u see any issues?
Try this one
local t = 0
local dif = tick() - t
UIP.InputBegan:Connect(function(Input, IsTyping)
if not IsTyping then
if Input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.W then
dif = tick() - t
if dif < 1 then -- Tapped twice under one second
print("Test") -- Prints "Test" if tapped twice under a second
t = 0
return
end
t = tick()
end
end
end)
I just tried it out and it worked great! TY
Do you know what I’d have to do to have it also work like backwards, left , and right.
With DD, AA, and SS of course.
I know we’d change i.Position = (root.CFrame*Vector3.new(0,0,-Dash_Normal))
and Input, but idk how to make it a seperate one for each.
You can use various elseif statements and adjust the DashForward() a little bit:
function Dash(root,direction)
local position;
if direction == 'forward' then
position = (root.CFrame*CFrame.new(0,0,-Dash_Normal)) --get 20 units in front of the player
elseif direction == 'backward' then
position = (root.CFrame*CFrame.new(0,0,Dash_Normal)) --get 20 units behind the player
-- add more directions here, for left and right dashing, change the CFrame.new() to X instead of Z
end
local i = Instance.new('BodyPosition')
i.MaxForce = Vector3.new(1000000,0,1000000) -- y-component is 0 because we don't want them to fly
i.P = 100000
i.D = 2000
i.Parent = root
coroutine.wrap(function()
wait(.2) --however long you want the dash to last
i:Destroy() -- remove the BodyMover (important!!)
end)
end
Input:
if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.W then
if Can_Dash == true then
Can_Dash = false
Dash(Root,'forward')
else
Can_Dash = true
coroutine.wrap(function()
wait(Dash_Timeout)
Can_Dash = false
end)()
end
elseif input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.S then
if Can_Dash == true then
Can_Dash = false
Dash(Root,'backward')
else
Can_Dash = true
coroutine.wrap(function()
wait(Dash_Timeout)
Can_Dash = false
end)()
end
end
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Ty I appreciate your knowledge, I’m gonna study this all later so I can learn to do it on my own lol
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Of course. Don’t hesitate to DM me if you come across any issues so we don’t bump this thread to high heaven.
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How do you make it not glitch you and fling you when you dash into a wall?
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